New Beer Sunday (Week 755)

#2 beer today is staying with my Wisconsin theme:

The Brewing Projekt Flow Citra Pale Ale
ABV: 5.3%
IBU: NA



Citrus aroma - grapefruit, orange, other tropicals. Aroma is not too strong, but very pleasant when you get down near the top of the glass.

Very hazy burnt orange color with plenty of visible carbonation. relatively tall, slightly off-white thick head from a semi-vigorous pour, with a leisure pace of dropping and some thick lacing just above the top of the receding head.

Flavor is bigger than the aroma, following the same flavors as in the aroma, but more dynamic. Pineapple, other tropicals, and grapefruit. Medium bodied toward the thin side, which is as expected for an APA.

Easy drinking and smooth initially, transitioning to a nicely bitter middle and finish. The bitterness lingers on the tongue into the aftertaste.

This is an excellent APA, but the beer is priced with the haze premium. (i.e. it is overpriced for a 4 pack for what it is. pseudoSue, for example, is better, and is priced at 2/3 of this beer's price.)

L: 3.75 | S: 3.75 | T: 4.25 | F: 3.5 | O: 3.75 | Calculated BA rating: 3.93

 

A cold sidelined me for a few days, so I'm starting with something light: Weldwerks Key Lime Pie Berliner. A 4% berliner weisse with ingredients designed to taste like, you guessed it, key lime pie. This gets bonus points for tasting exactly as advertised without being sweet or taxing and for the light, airy nose that reminds me of the Jersey shore (the good parts). I gave it a BA score of 4.31/5 which seems high to me but I'm rating to intent.



Paired with a steakhouse slider and sweet potato fries.

 

Happy NBS! Haven’t posted on this thread in over a year I think. Figured I’d jump back in today. Beautiful Sunday and a great pool day. I’m lucky in that a lot of other dads at the pool are very into craft beer, cornhole and horseshoes so the adults have a lot of fun too.

Anyway, this one is super new as I just came home from buying it from the brewery. In the land of Other Half I’m glad that I can still get tasty beers from places like Magnify, Kane and Carton for $10-$15 instead of $20 and over.

Magnify- Only a Spark.



Dark orange appearance- the standard haziness.
Smells a bit like grape juice/white wine.
Tastes a bit spicy and again has a bit of white wine flavor from the Nelson hops. Slight citrus.
Really refreshing, slick mouthfeel. I’ve gotten some really nice 5-7% ABV beers from Magnify lately. This one is a refreshing summer ILA.
Cheers!

 

Returning from a wee absence from the NBS activity, and another oddball beer i am proud to present with this;

Decadent Coconut Almond Macaroon IPA



4.04/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Golden hazy with a thinnish white head, nose is not at all predictive of the taste since all I’m getting is an earthy, grassy bitter. No hint of the oddball ingredients just yet. Taste is where things happen. First up is a soft almond that exits as the wicked alcohol wave crashes in, wrapped in the coconut. Once the coconut fades, a slightly citrusy bitter, dry finish wraps up this boozy experience. Very good and a surprisingly well built departure from every other NEIPA I’ve had lately.

 

Hey BAs. I purchased my first Night Shift beer at my local store Friday.

4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured from a 16oz can marked "canned on 06/03/19".
Pours out hazy light straw (strikingly similar to the light gold stripes on the can). Frothy white head that looks firm as hell. However that head does not last as long as I imagined, but laces the glass nicely past the last drop.
Nose is bright, lemon rind without a hint of malt.
Taste is also light without a hint of alcohol. Lemon rind, but the malt is there as it leaves your tongue.
Body is light with appropriate carbonation.
Overall a refreshing "session" NEIPA. Practically a lawn mower beer.

 

The food plate looks awesome!

 

Great pics!

 

Edmund’s Oast w/ Salud Cerveceria - Cult Leader’s Headdress

My next Belgian-not-Belgian is a “grisette.” This is a very hazy beer. All I could get from this was lemon juice. Just damn lemon juice. Hated this beer. Unless something comes along that really pulls me in, I’m done with Edmund’s Oast.

 

howdy all,

This year's Sierra Nevada Okto "finally" showed up here and I've got it in front of me right now. For those who haven't followed the dedicated thread it's a collab with Bitburger this year, clocks in at 6% ABV, and calls itself a "festbier whose rich amber color, secret hop blend, and smooth malty favor bring the Munich tents to you". I'm not sure whether they are trying to suggest this is halfway between the modern, lighter "festbiers" and a more traditional amber marzen, but that is the interpretation that jumps out at me.

I've really liked a couple of the previous collabs and found a couple others sort of "meh", but I can't recall which years have been which. Let's see what we've got this time.



Look: Clear and bright amber color with a small head that disappeared before I had much chance to judge it.

Smell: Bready malt. A bit of nuttiness. Faint hint of a metallic/coppery smell. As it warms I'm getting a bit of a strange smell that might be the "sour" note some others have mentioned (almost a little like warm milk?). The overall aroma is a bit fleeting along with the head.

Taste: Blind I might have guessed this was more of a typical American amber ale rather than a marzen styled festbier. There's a pleasant but sort of generic malty breadiness and not much else. Some faint bitterness on the backend. Thankfully the copper on the nose doesn't come through on the taste, and I'm not picking up any of the sour notes either.

Feel: Seems a little thin for a marzen. It also seems very under carbed - to the point where I wonder if I've got a wonky bottle. Check out the picture below for how sad it looks in the glass after only a couple minutes. Mouthfeel is still kind of crisp even with the lack of carbonation.



Overall: Someone over in the dedicated thread described this as "very drinkable" and I think that's the best thing I can say for this as well. Pleasantly simple tasting and goes down easy, but not really that much to chew on. The biggest issue for me is the carbonation, and I'm going to be curious to see if this remains the case with the other bottles. You could certainly do worse for a beer you're hoping to drink by the liter though I suppose.

Cheers all!

 

NBS beer #3 and #1000 overall



Boss Tweed

Old Nation Brewing Co.
New England IPA | 9.3% ABV

3.99/5 rDev -9.7% | Average: 4.42
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

canned 07/04/19

L-The beer pours a hazy orange-yellow with a 4 finger off white head. The head recedes to a thick film leaving islands of lacing behind.
S-The nose is orange flesh, pith, and pine. The pith rides over everything while still, but the orange comes out on the swirl.
T-The orange is first on the palate with the pith coming forward and combining with the orange through the middle. Late you get more pith and a touch of pine in the aftertaste.
F-Mouthfeel overall is on the thicker side of medium. Carbonation is light after the initial pour. The beer is just slightly bitter giving it a lightly dry finish.
O-I'm honestly slightly disappointed here given the high ratings. It's good don't get me wrong, but not so much as the rating would have you believe. I'd happily drink it again. Recommended, but keep your expectations in check.

 

Good to hear this. The second it's not is when I'm outta here!

 

Beach haus belmartian India pale ale with strawberry, banana, and lactose
..cloudy orange peel color
...around a medium body, I think the lactose gives it a bit of a thick feel. Medium carbonation
..a less than overpowering aroma of strawberry, banana, white sugar,followed by a very small amount of hay and grass
..taste is stronger than aroma,mild sweetness, fruity with the strawberry being more prominent than the banana
...overall this was like an IPA-light- mixed with some fruit cocktail..but I have to admit I enjoyed,wouldn't get it again but it was interesting

 

So I take it you'll be here on the 17th too? That'll be fun!

 

@Roguer

I forgot to mention a part of of this story. I also had to listen to all the music going out over the air on my shit. An unexpected cessation of sound said, “Reset things, now!” (Folks who have their Beethoven’s 9th seriously interrupted during the Ode to Joy get a bit upset.)

I started off not liking Opera at all, but after 2-3 years of Saturday at the Met or Operas in the station library I had learned that understanding the words was the least important part of enjoyment.

Thus, Mozart.

 

Good Sunday afternoon, New Beer Samplers and commentators. It's been another beautiful summer weekend in North Jersey with warm temps, low humidity, and lots of sunshine. Perfect outdoor beer drinking conditions. Ouroboros is a collaboration between Carton and Equilibrium - not too shabby a pedigree. It's a 10.% TIPA brewed with, among lots of other ingredients, honey malt, Kolsch yeast, and Citra, Enigma, and Ella hops. It reminds me a lot of an Equilibrium DIPA in appearance and feel. But the Kolsch yeast and interesting grist bill points to Carton. This is awfully good! Here's my full review:

4.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Canned on 8/7/2019 and poured into a snulip glass. It pours a turbid, brownish tangerine color with a lovely, thick, creamy, eggshell colored head and thick lacing. The fragrant erupts when the can is opened and features lemon, lime, onion, honey, oats, resinous pine needles, and floral hops. It's very dank. The taste opens sweeter and fruitier than I anticipated. At the beginning there is lots of honey, oats, and sugary cream, followed by lemon, grapefruit, and tangerine at mid-sip. The Kolsch yeast adds to the interesting flavor mix. There follows a wash of dry, spicy bitterness from the Enigma and Ella hops with some white wine notes. The flavors are bold and compliment each other well. This ale has a thick, almost chewy feel with moderate carbonation, and there is no mistaking the 10.1% ABV. It drinks like a plush, creamy TIPA. Overall, this is a very unique and flavorful big IPA. You can tell that Equilibrium played a role in brewing it as the look and feel reminds me more of Equilibrium's DIPAs than one brewed by Carton. But the Kolsch yeast and playful grist bill indicates Carton's involvement.

I hope you're all enjoying your new beer(s) on this fine summer afternoon. Cheers, NBS!

 

This is my third and final pepper stout today. All courtesy of @brutalfarce

Much thanks to you Bill, for helping me broaden my pepper stout horizons. It’s really been great trying and describing three beers in the same category that are really quite different from one another. My palate could sure use some rest, or at least some hops!

I saved this one for last because it is BBA and contains habanero.



Look: This beer pours opaque, pitch black with a light brown two finger head that settles to a thin layer across the top of the beer. Initially, a curtain of foam covers the edge of the glass. Some lacing in the end. No visible carbonation. An inviting stout.

Smell: Very creamy coffee, topped with nutmeg and cinnamon. It’s hard to decipher where the bourbon barrel treatment comes into play. You can smell the habanero oil through everything. It has an earthy green pepper aroma that comes across as leafy and vegetal.

Taste: Creamed coffee, along with the cinnamon and nutmeg, but this beer is dominated by the pepper flavor. Not the heat, but the flavor of the vegetable. Vegetal, green peppery, grassy. This is the hottest of the three I’ve had today but still quite tame. I put the heat at 6 / 10. It lingers on the palate for sure. Milk chocolate, cocoa and fudge brownie. These flavors really help add some complexity and depth to the beer.

Mouthfeel: Low carbonation. Semi sweet beer. Moderate to high habanero pepper heat that lingers.

Overall: An enjoyable stout, but I think I prefer the use of peppers that don’t impart as much heat. The spice is pleasant for me, as beer is concerned. It lingers, but remains bearable.

Note: This beer was bottled on 9/27/2018 and I’ve never consumed it fresh

4/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4